Experimental study of SnO2/SnO/Sn thermochemical systems for solar production of hydrogen

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2759-2767

  Charvin, Patrice ^a   Abanades, Stéphane ^a   Lemont, Florent ^b   Flamant, Gilles ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Research Department of Mining and Fuel Recycling ProCesses   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Solar concentrated energy; Thermochemical cycles; Tin oxides; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDROGEN; HYDROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; TIN OXIDES;

MODERATE TEMPERATURE; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; SOLAR CONCENTRATED ENERGY; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; THERMOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER-SPLITTING CYCLE; WATER SPLITTING; ZERO ORDER KINETICS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 54949091459     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11584     Document Type: Article

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